"Kranich and Barf"? Maybe a "Hurl-itzer"?

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Mike,

FWIW, I concur with your assessment...especially the part about being 
very realistic in re: potential ROI.  Sometimes that simply has to be 
measured in non-financial terms.

(...for a minute there, I thought we were going to have to talk about 
nailing Jello to a wall...)

Cheers!

Horace


At 07:05 AM 3/30/2006, you wrote:
>     Hi Tom:
>     I'm going to stick my neck out and try to answer your 
> questions.  First, an offer of $500 to buy the piano I think, would 
> be fair for buyer and seller considering the instrument is now 
> unplayable and needs considerable work.  You also have to move it 
> out of the basement and into your shop.
>     Now comes the hard part.  I used to run into this sort of thing 
> in the auto repair business.  Buy an old car, fix it up and hope to 
> make money.  In this case, because of the flood of low priced 
> entry-level Asian grands coming into this country, you might have 
> trouble coming out ahead.  It might make more sense to rebuild it, 
> and keep it in the family or donate it and take the deduction.  On 
> the other hand, how about a chapter project piano or one for you or 
> others to gain experience with.  The idea here is not to make a big 
> profit, but to learn.  In the end, you might be working for $5/hr 
> but the experience may be worth a lot more.
>     Flame suit and helmet in place......and I love the names you 
> gave the piano.
>     Mike Kurta
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